LSB INDUSTRIES INC
8-A12B, 1995-06-09
INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS
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                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                          Washington, D.C.  20549

                                                                       



                                 FORM 8-A



             FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




                             LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.                              
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          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            Delaware                                            73-1015226
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(State of incorporation or organization)                      (IRS Employer
                                                     Identification Number)


16 South Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma                    73107   
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(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     Title of each class                Name of each exchange on which
     to be so registered                each class is to be registered
     -------------------                ------------------------------

     $3.25 Convertible Exchangeable          New York Stock Exchange
     Class C Preferred Stock, Series 2


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                     None                                      
                
                               (Title of Class)




               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1.   Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

     This Registration Statement relates to shares of $3.25 Convertible
Exchangeable Class C Preferred Stock, Series 2 ("Series 2 Preferred"),
previously issued by LSB Industries, Inc. (the "Registrant").  The information
required by this item is contained in the Registrant's Amendment No. 2 to Form
S-2 Registration Statement, No. 33-61640 ("Registration Statement"), filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") on May 18, 1993,
and declared effective by the Commission on May 19, 1993, and the prospectus
subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission relating to the
Series 2 Preferred pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, which Registration Statement and prospectus are incorporated herein
by reference.

     There has been an established public trading market for the Series 2
Preferred since May 19, 1993.  The principal market for such Series 2 Preferred
has been the over-the-counter market in the pink sheets.  The following table
gives an estimate as to the high and low range of the bid information as to to
the Series 2 Preferred during each calendar quarter of 1993 (since May 19, 1993)
and 1994 and the first two (2) quarters of 1995 through  June 8, 1995, according
to information supplied by Lazard Freres & Co., which estimates were based on
actual sales.  These quotations do not include markups, markdowns or 
commissions.

                                      BID             
                              ------------------- 
          1993                High            Low
     --------------
     2nd Quarter              57.25          50.00
     (since May 19,
     1993)

     3rd Quarter              59.00          52.75

     4th Quarter              56.75          50.00

           1994      
     --------------
     1st Quarter              51.50          48.00

     2nd Quarter              47.00          42.50

     3rd Quarter              43.00          38.00

     4th Quarter              39.00          33.50
 


                                      BID             
                               -------------------
          1995                 High           Low
     -----------
     1st Quarter              33.50          31.50

     2nd Quarter              32.75          31.25
     (through
     June 8, 1995)

Item 2.   Exhibits.

     1.   Specimens or copies of each security to be registered.

          -    Specimen copy of $3.25 Convertible Exchangeable Class C
               Preferred Stock, Series 2, incorporated by reference from
               Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Form S-2 Registration
               Statement, No. 33-61640.

     2.   Copies of all constituent instruments defining the rights of the
holders of each class of such securities, including any contracts or other
documents which limit or qualify the rights of such holders.

          -    Form of Certificate of Designation relating to the $3.25
               Convertible Exchangeable Class C Preferred Stock, Series 2,
               incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant's
               Form S-2 Registration Statement, No. 33-61640.

          -    Form of Indenture between the Registrant and The Liberty
               National Bank & Trust Company of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with
               respect to the Registrant's Convertible Subordinated
               Debentures due 2018, incorporated by reference from Exhibit
               4.7 to the Registrant's Form S-2 Registration Statement, No.
               33-61640.




                                  SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                   LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.


                                   By:  /s/ Jim D. Jones                
                                      -----------------------
                                         Jim D. Jones
                                         Vice President

Dated:    June 9, 1995



























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